Description
Added on the 15/12/2015 19:28:36 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
China has recently deployed fighter jets to the same disputed island in the South China Sea where they placed surface-to-air missiles last week.
China has deployed surface-to-air missiles to one of the disputed islands in the South China Sea, Taiwan and U.S. officials said.
Chinese coast guard ships are seen patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. A Chinese coast guard personnel aboard an inflatable boat approaches a group of Filipino fishermen collecting shells on the shallow part of the shoal. Beijing seized control of Scarborough Shoal -- known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal -- from Manila in 2012 following a tense standoff. IMAGES
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense has asked Google to blur satellite images of its military facilities in the South China Sea on the tech giant’s Earth and Map services.
A U.S. Navy warship sailed through the South China Sea this week, prompting yet another angry response from China, which claims almost the entire region as its own.